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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1935
Page
3
Moravia Union is issued as second class mail matter at the Moravia Iowa post office in Appanoose County. The paper is published every Thursday by H. E. and W. T. Smith, publishers.
The president sends a form letter to U S ministers urging input on social security and works programs. He requests community conditions and guidance on government service, signaling bipartisan reaction across clergy and laypeople as Moravia weighs views.
The piece notes a letter to all United States ministers described as a subtle trust-building effort. Observers focus on the line I am turning to representative clergymen, and many read it as deliberate flattery.
Judge Walters in The New London Journal notes Mussolini points to slavery in Ethiopia while Italy’s own population is effectively enslaved. He questions the absence of dissent and press independence, arguing the regime suppresses opposition and enforces state-approved views.
Edison argues that public monopolies are more dangerous than private ones because government ventures can shift losses to taxpayers. He says government power ventures never truly succeed financially, blending business with politics and obscuring real operations.
The article discusses the social security act as a federal tax funded pension plan for those aged sixty five, arguing it replaces savings with government aid. It notes payroll taxes rising to three percent, questions impacts on wages, prices, and individual effort, and compares the plan to compulsory insurance while acknowledging merit and uncertainties about future purchasing power. It references World War I soldiers' insurance and critiques of old rugged individualism. The piece weighs both support and potential drawbacks for workers and the broader economy.
Mrs Ernest Hiatt and Virginia of Allerton spend time at Jim Cline home. Agnes Richardson weekended in Cincinnati. Mr and Mrs Foglesong of Moravia visit sister Mrs Rector in Ottumwa. Bill Reeves and daughter Neta visited Wm Hilton home. Eloise Walter spent Sunday with Margaret and Rubye Hiatt and Lake Wapello trip. Jim Cline threshed oats Tuesday. Aubrey Walter joined Moravia High School judging team to Waterloo. Mr Callen helping care for ill mother. Mesri Walter and Anna belle attended Moravia farm ladies meeting. Wm Hilton, Dogie Hampton, Lennie and James Hilton visited Willie McDanes home. Claud Wren family visited Forest Merricle home. Neva Mericle does house work for Mrs Wren.
Oct 2 High School Girl warns no children unaccompanied by adults. Oct 4 Tom Brown and Richard Cromwell in Annapolis Farewell. Oct 6 7 Clark Gable Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery in China Sea. Oct 8 Norma Shearer in Smilin Thru and Zasu Pitts in Hot Tip. Oct 8 10 11 12 Will Rogers in Steamboat Round the Bend.
Main Station David Gladfelder is poorly due to illness and Mrs Ira Callen has had a stroke. Families visit, care and neighborly calls fill the week with many gatherings at Gladfelder and McDanel homes and neighbors. Bill Reeves owns a new radio. Numerous visits trace to Lovilia Trenton Confidence and nearby homes.
Misa Marjorie Main assisted Mrs. FP. Tarr with her work last week. Leonard Perry helped Algie Derby build a barn. Dick, George and Clark Hellyer spent Sunday with the Whitehead boys. Mr. and Mrs. Dell Hellyer and Hazel visited Dora Hellyer and Jim Funkhouser. The Har t Tisue and family spent Sunday at the Newton Long home. Callers at Leonard Perry home included Mr. and Mrs. Neal Nash and Tommy Main. Elbert Perry visited Dale Perry. Mrs. L. R. Perry and Florlene spent time with Dell Hellyer.
Enon holds a homecoming event next Sunday with Bible School at 10 a m and an address by Rev W P Donahoe founder of the Bible School in 1906. Dinner at 12 30 and a splendid afternoon program planned with numerous community members visiting at various Van Dorin and related homes.
Salem Robert Jennings and Mr and Mrs Will Hevar were visitors in Centerville Saturday afternoon with Mrs Jess joining as a caller after noon.
Iconium Weneil Coulson Clyde Sheldon and Berle Beaty accompanied Ferrell Frame to Missouri Wednesday returning Sunday with Ferrells father. They traveled via St. Louis Wilings and Keokuk. Mrs Bert Sheldon Mrs Berle Beaty Bonnie Lou and Adda Rose visited Wednesday with Mrs Beaty’s sister Mrs J C Carter and family near Plano. Clover Leaf Club met Wednesday at Mrs Frank Martin with several in attendance. Next meeting October 9 with Mrs Howard Teater. Mr and Mrs Truxton Dicke and sons spent Sunday evening at Lloyd Massman home. Mr and Mrs Francis Rindhart and children and Will Calhoun of Albuquerque attended Sunday School at Teorium Christian Church Sunday. They visited retirees and friends in the area. Lula Cormack, formerly staying with relatives, returned home Sunday. Sister visited Sunday. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Callen and children spent Sunday at the Burke Townsend home. Mr and Earl Swift and daughter visited Sunday. Rotary Chatbeg hosted a large chicken supper crowd. Mrs Will Kaley spent Friday and Saturday at J B McAninch home. Some children at tan, Beeal Dicks reported.
Monday afternoon visit at Merle Dicks home. Ida Argo returns home after a week with Ora Stafford of Lovilla. Walter Lemaster, Mia, Mamie Tisue and son Carl visit. Evelyn and Ernestine Stauber spend Sunday with Belle Sheldon. H A Thompson's health improving after nurse care. Roy Gilliland and J B Boeye visit Moravia. they attend church and quarterly conference at Mora via. Dora Hellyer and Jim Funkhouser meet Sunday guests Den Hellyer and Hazel Hellyer, Bert Rinehart family, Leon Gollaher and Max of Moravia.
Hiattsville residents share visits with Centerville families and relatives. A Ladies Aid meeting is planned at the church. Rev. C L Elis delivers his first sermon on the charge and parishioners praise the new pastor. The Wesley Chapel event honors Rev Behrens with a well attended program despite rain.
An expert notes that goiters cause dead or weak lambs and hairless pigeons, signaling iodine deficiency. Investigate all cases and add iodine to water for young animals. About one-fifth grain per day per animal suffices, with varying yearly needs, including pregnant asses.
Iowa State College soils expert F B Smith reports that growing clover or mixed timothy and clover raises soil organic content, while corn reduces it. He notes corn promotes decay by soil organisms, whereas small grains slow decay, and soybeans harvested for hay do not change organic content unless plowed under.
The article recalls the bitter 1838 boundary quarrel between Missouri and Iowa with militia deployments. Albert Miller Lea served as boundary commissioner under Iowa while Missouri balked. The dispute centered on the northern boundary described by the 1820 Missouri Constitution and the Des Moines rapids. Lea analyzed options, including the Sullivan Line and the Brown Line. The Supreme Court ultimately upheld the Sullivan Line in 1849, ending the decade long clash.
In 1984 Towans faced severe crop losses across southern and western counties due to extreme heat, strong winds, and arid conditions. Prolonged high temperatures, increased evaporation, and water stress combined to create a historic drought impact on yields. The narrative notes unusually hot days and persistent dryness contributing to the disaster.
In 1984 Iowa records top 61.5 with May 69.6 the hottest on record, while September and December stay near normal. Lenox in Taylor County logged over 200 degrees on 42 days, livestock and crops suffered, and a Dubuquer jailed for coal theft amid dust storms and insectsworsened conditions. Dr William J Petersen notes 1934 weather in The Palimpaest August issue.
Mr and Mrs 3 A Kinion and guests from Centerville and Aah Grove including Rev C L Ellis visited the J B Kinion home on Sunday in a social gathering.
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